A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
President Calvin Coolidge, June 30, 1924
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Thought of the Day
Posted by sunacrw on April 3, 2014
https://sunacrw.com/2014/04/03/thought-of-the-day/
Thought for the Day
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Daniel Webster
Posted by sunacrw on March 29, 2014
https://sunacrw.com/2014/03/29/thought-for-the-day-4/
Thought for the Day
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
James Madison
Posted by sunacrw on March 22, 2014
https://sunacrw.com/2014/03/22/thought-for-the-day-3/
Thought for the Day
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
Thomas Jefferson
Posted by sunacrw on March 15, 2014
https://sunacrw.com/2014/03/15/thought-for-the-day-2/
Thought for the Day
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
– Indira Gandhi
Posted by sunacrw on March 6, 2014
https://sunacrw.com/2014/03/06/thought-for-the-day/
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